Job Description
Position Summary: Care for patients under the direction of physicians and registered nurse.
Excellence in Practice: - Treats patients with respect and dignity. Provides privacy for all cares.
- Understands and follows physician orders.
- Proper documentation: MAR, Revise and update care plan, PIE charting, Patient and Family education and Discharge Summary.
- Safely administers medication as ordered by physician. Demonstrates knowledge of purpose, med dosage, calculation of dosage, expected outcome and adverse reactions.
- Effective communication skills: Supervision of nurse aides, appropriately informs nursing staff and physician pertinent changes in patient condition. Accurate and precise report. Follow chain of command.
- Critical thinking skills: Recognize significant change in patient condition and responds quickly and appropriately. Including notification of personnel and families.
- Good time management skills: Able to prioritize and multi-task, completes assignments timely and accurately, flexible to the patient and departmental needs without interference to patient care.
- Provide clear education to patient and family.
- Seeks guidance and direction as necessary.
- Equipment maintenance: Maintains equipment and reports failures to Maintenance/Biomed and CNO if appropriate.
Essential Job Requirements: - Education: Completed accredited LPN program
- Experience: No experience necessary. CPR required, ACLS preferred
- License Requirements: Meets requirements per ND Century Code for license
Job Tags
Full time, Flexible hours,